When a third-strike defendant made a habit of stripping naked, hurling his own feces at deputies and refusing to leave his jail cell for his trial, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani faced a dilemma.
The man, who was charged in a series of home burglaries, claimed to have asthma and a heart condition, making it impossible for deputies to resort to the usual method for extracting an uncooperative defendant: knockout gas.
The gas would be fat... (continued)
Jul. 13, 2005
Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani
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